THE JAPS.’ DEFENCES ON BETIO This drawing from an official United States Marine Corps photograph shows one of the forts the Japs, had built on Betio. In some of the blockhouses, a concrete emplacement 5 ft. thick was covered with palm logs 18 in. in diameter. Outside the logs were angle irons of railway-rails, and over all was 10 ft. to 12 ft. of sand and coral.
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Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 4, 28 February 1944, Page 4
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67THE JAPS.’ DEFENCES ON BETIO This drawing from an official United States Marine Corps photograph shows one of the forts the Japs, had built on Betio. In some of the blockhouses, a concrete emplacement 5 ft. thick was covered with palm logs 18 in. in diameter. Outside the logs were angle irons of railway-rails, and over all was 10 ft. to 12 ft. of sand and coral. Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 4, 28 February 1944, Page 4
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